Other Europeans who traveled to Khanbaliq during the Yuan Dynasty, such as Giovanni de ' Marignolli and Odoric of Pordenone, said nothing about the wall either.

* January 14 – Odoric of Pordenone, Italian explorer

* 1286 – Odoric of Pordenone, famous traveller ( approximate date ; d. 1331 )

Later envoys included Odoric of Pordenone, Giovanni de ' Marignolli, John of Montecorvino, Niccolò de ' Conti, or Ibn Battuta, a Moroccan Muslim traveller, who passed through the present-day Middle East and across the Silk Road from Tabriz, between 1325 – 1354.

Fairly truthful chroniclers and explorers such as Marco Polo, Crusader-historian Jean de Joinville, and the Franciscan voyager Odoric of Pordenone stripped Prester John of much of his otherworldly veneer, portraying him as a more realistic earthly monarch.

Odoric of Pordenone passed through Persepolis c. 1320 on his way to China.

Approximately during Jayanegara's reign, the Italian Friar Odoric of Pordenone visited Majapahit court in Java.

" < p style =" text-align: right ;">— Description of Majapahit by Mattiussi ( Friar Odoric of Pordenone ).

In his book: " Travels of Friar Odoric of Pordenone ", he visited several places in today's Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, and Banjarmasin in Borneo, between 1318 – 1330.

1316 – 1330 ) – Irish companion of Odoric of Pordenone.

When a later missionary, Odoric de Pordenone (: fr: Odoric de Pordenone ), visited Thane in 1324-1325, he collected their remains and moved on to China.

* Odoric of Pordenone

Odoric of Pordenone ( real name Odorico Mattiussi or Mattiuzzi ; c. 1286 – 14 January 1331 ) was an Italian late-medieval traveler.

Odoric was born at Villanova, a hamlet now belonging to the town of Pordenone in Friuli ( Italy ), in or about 1286.

Departure of Odoric of Pordenone.

A bust of Odoric was set up at Pordenone in 1881.

He was probably the emperor visited by the Franciscan monk Odoric, who left an excellent record of his travels.

Passing northward by Nanjing and crossing the Yangzi, Odoric embarked on the Grand Canal of China and travelled to the headquarters of the Great Khan ( probably Yesün Temür Khan ), namely the city of Cambalec ( AKA Cambaleth, Cambaluc, & c .) or present-day Beijing, where he remained for three years, probably from 1324 to 1327, attached, no doubt, to one of the churches founded by Archbishop John of Monte Corvino, at this time in extreme old age.

Shortly after his return Odoric betook himself to the Minorite house attached to St Anthony's at Padua, and it was there that in May 1330 he related the story of his travels, which was taken down in homely Latin by Friar William of Solagna.

Moved by the many miracles that were wrought at the tomb of the Odoric, Pope Benedict XIV, in the year 1755, approved the veneration which had been paid to Blessed Odoric.

Friar Odoric was dispatched to the East, where a remarkable extension of missionary action was then taking place, about 1316-1318, and did not return till the end of 1329 or beginning of 1330 ; but, as regards intermediate dates, all that we can deduce from his narrative or other evidence is that he was in western India soon after 1321 ( pretty certainly in 1322 ) and that he spent three years in China between the opening of 1323 and the close of 1328.

Friar Odoric of Friuli, much like Mandeville, travelled extensively and claimed to have heard of gourds in Persia that when ripe, opened to contain lamb-like beasts.

From Fuzhou he struck across the mountains into Zhejiang and visited Hangzhou, then renowned, under the name of Cansay, Khanzai, or Quinsai ( i. e. Kin gsze or royal residence ), as the greatest city in the world, of whose splendours Odoric, like Marco Polo, Marignolli, or Ibn Batuta, gives notable details.

Refurbishment works were being held at the palace when on 1577 a third fire destroyed the Scrutinio Room and the Great Council Chamber, together with works by Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello, Alvise Vivarini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Pordenone, and Titian.

* Restructured in the 14th century, the Chamber of the Great Council was decorated with a fresco by Guariento and later with works by the most famous artists of the period, including Gentile da Fabriano, Pisanello, Alvise Vivarini, Vittore Carpaccio, Giovanni Bellini, Pordenone and Titian.

The enterprising 26-year-old son of a blacksmith in Pordenone in Northeastern Italy began the business by making home stoves and wood-burning ovens.

Meanwhile, the Zanussi Industrial Design Center, led by Pezzetta for two decades from 1982 to 2002, became Electrolux European Design Center based in Pordenone and Roberto Pezzetta ended the Zanussi cycle assuming the role of Creative Design Director of Electrolux Group ( 2002 – 2005 ).

Several palaces of this period had façades with frescoes by painters such as Il Pordenone, Tintoretto, Paolo Veronese, all of them unfortunately lost.

* St. Christopher and St Martin on Horseback by Pordenone hang on north wall of the nave.

The Battle of Sacile ( also known as the Battle of Fontana Fredda ) on 16 April 1809 and its companion Clash at Pordenone on 15 April saw an Austrian army commanded by Archduke John of Austria defeat a Franco-Italian army led by Eugène de Beauharnais and force it to retreat.

The interior houses works by Il Pordenone and Titian ( Malchiostro Annunciation ) among others.

It houses a famous fresco of San Rocco and an altarpiece by the native Renaissance painter Giovanni Antonio de ' Sacchis ( commonly known as Il Pordenone ).

It has an octagonal plant and frescoes by Giovanni Maria Calderari, pupil of Il Pordenone.

** The first attack attributed to the bomber occurred during a bird parade attended by 50, 000 in Sacile ( near Pordenone ).

In the 14th century, Pordenone grew substantially due to the flourishing river trades, gaining the status of city in 1314.

On 15 April at Pordenone, the Austrian advance guard routed the French rear guard, inflicting heavy losses.

At Pordenone, the Austrians lost 221 killed and wounded plus 32 captured out of a total of 5, 900 men and 15 guns.

It is located about 15 km east of the provincial capital of Pordenone.

He also held the titles Duke of Austria ( 1251 – 1276 ), Duke of Styria ( 1260 – 1276 ), Duke of Carinthia ( 1269 – 1276 ), Duke of Carniola ( 1269 – 1276 ), and lord of Pordenone.

Born in Sequals, then in the Province of Udine, now in the Province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia ( Italy ), Carnera was touted in America as being 6 ' 7 " tall and thus the tallest heavweight in history ( up until that time ), but he was actually 6 ′ 5½ ″ tall ( 197 cm ).

* Euganean Venetia ( Venezia Euganea ), comprising the current Veneto region of Italy and the territory of Friuli ( roughly corresponding to the current Italian provinces of Udine and Pordenone );